4 months in Korea

It is about 2 months after my last post and words can not describe how much has changed in the past 2 months! I never dreamed I would experience in such a short time. I can't even remember the end of April or the things leading up to what happened in May, but I do remember it was a lot of fun. In short, I have been doing a lot of travelling around Korea, which did not sound that interesting before I arrived in Korea, but wow it really is an awesome country. There are mountains, lakes, rivers, oceans, Moses miracles and shantytowns everywhere and the best part is they are only a few hours away. To make it easy on anyone who is bored enough to read this (and myself) I have listed the stuff out that I have done and meant to write about, but was too busy or too drunk to get to right away.

Ka- Brewery tour (end of March)

This was an awesome brewery tour up in the mountains somewhere a few hours out of Seoul. This was our (GDA teachers) first trip out of Seoul together and it was truly unreal. We got invited on this trip as guests to one of the entertainers, our very own Hula Hooping queen, Kali Deno! She met this man who owned the brewery ( I think) on a booze cruise on the Han river. He liked her act ( which she was just doing for fun) on the boat so he invited her and friends (us) to come check out his brewery for free. When we boarded the bus the morning of the trip we had no idea what was in store. Breweries in Korea? Who would have guessed. We take this big luxurious size bus up to the brewery nestled in the mountains. When we boarded the bus we realized were taking the trip with an older businessmen Korean crowd and figured they wouldnt be pounding Soju and Hite on the way up like we did. They decided to take us on the scenic route on the way up so we were very thankful we brought the booze. When we approached the brewery we all hopped off the bus and headed straight for the bathroom, which was in some kind of house. Once we finished in the bathroom, we all wandered outside the house to find ourselves at a half Korean/half western BBQ. On the Korean side, there was bulgogi, lettuce, onions, peppers and of course kimchi. The western food was your typical BBQ food, burgers, hot dogs, DORITIOS(we were all excited about). As for the brews, they had a pale ale, weisen and a pilsner. My favorite was the Pale Ale. We ate and drank a lot and then it was time for the entertainment, which was Kali hooping, Dan VJing, and a couple we didnt know singing and playing the guitar. It was a lot of fun we danced to Kali 's hooping and Dan's beatboxing and the Korean men took a liking to it too. We played a few games and became good friends with all the Korean businessmen after the few games and many beers! Finally, time for the big hoorah, the brewery tour. To our surprise the brewery tour consisted of one garage holding a few brewing tanks. My friend Jeff and I died of laughter during this tour(luckily the Koreans just thought we were very happy). The ride home from the brewery was the best though because we had a noreabang(karoke) bus. We all busted out songs like "Brown eyed girl" "Africa", "West Virginia" and "Sweet Caroline". The Korean men were singing the loudest ! It was so funny! One of my favorite memories in Korea!



Baseball Game ( April)
Palbangsan Mountain Hike (April)

World DJ Fest (May)

Children's Day

Buddah's Birthday in Busan (May)

Seonyudo Island Bike Trip (May)

Muiido Island Weekend Trip (June)

Japan Visa Run (June)

Korea in the World Cup (June)